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CVE-2016-9013

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9013 describes a critical vulnerability in Django versions 1.8.x, 1.9.x, and 1.10.x, where a hardcoded password is used for temporary Oracle database users during testing. This flaw, categorized as CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), allows remote attackers to easily gain access to the database server if a password is not manually specified. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100 indicates its potential severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0514 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.10.3
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.9.11
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.8.16
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: Django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-mv8g-fhh6-6267critical

Django user with hardcoded password created when running tests on Oracle

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-9013Moderate

python-django: user with hardcoded password created when running tests on Oracle

Nov 1, 2016

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OG5ROMUPS6C7BXELD3TAUUH7OBYV56WQ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QXDKJYHN74BWY3P7AR2UZDVJREQMRE6S
djangoproject.com / weblog/2016/nov/01/security-releases
Release NotesVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3835
securityfocus.com / bid/94069
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037159
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3115-1
Third Party Advisory